The Black Candles

The Black Candles

1962 · 140 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama, Romance

The film follows the story of Iman (Najat), an innocent nurse, who receives a new assignment; She is nursing a blind man named Ahmed (Saleh Selim). Eman encounters a major problem while doing her job; It is that Ahmed suffers from a psychological complex, as a result of which he hates all women, and hence Iman intends not only to nurse him, but to remove that complex. events get complicated; Since Fathi, Ahmed's brother, is harassing Iman, and he wants to get her in any way, and he plots for Iman and Ahmed, taking advantage of his brother's disability.

Directed by Ezz Eldin Zulficar · Written by Ezz Eldin Zulficar

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Saleh Selim Ahmed Assem
Nagat Al-Saghera Iman Abdel Razek
Fouad Al-Mohandes Abdel Muti
Amina Rizk Aisha - mother of Ahmed Asim
Malak Elgamal Hikmat Noman
Thuraya Fakhry Halima
Ahmed Loxer
Badr Nofal Mansour
Hussain Ismael
Salah Sarhan Fathi Assem
Nawal Abu ElFottoh Fatima Mansour
Mohamed Shawqi

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